static DEFINE_MUTEX(syslog_lock);
#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
-/*
- * During panic, heavy printk by other CPUs can delay the
- * panic and risk deadlock on console resources.
- */
-static int __read_mostly suppress_panic_printk;
-
DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(log_wait);
/* All 3 protected by @syslog_lock. */
/* the next printk record to read by syslog(READ) or /proc/kmsg */
if (unlikely(suppress_printk))
return 0;
- if (unlikely(suppress_panic_printk) && other_cpu_in_panic())
+ /*
+ * The messages on the panic CPU are the most important. If
+ * non-panic CPUs are generating any messages, they will be
+ * silently dropped.
+ */
+ if (other_cpu_in_panic())
return 0;
if (level == LOGLEVEL_SCHED) {
bool printk_get_next_message(struct printk_message *pmsg, u64 seq,
bool is_extended, bool may_suppress)
{
- static int panic_console_dropped;
-
struct printk_buffers *pbufs = pmsg->pbufs;
const size_t scratchbuf_sz = sizeof(pbufs->scratchbuf);
const size_t outbuf_sz = sizeof(pbufs->outbuf);
pmsg->seq = r.info->seq;
pmsg->dropped = r.info->seq - seq;
- /*
- * Check for dropped messages in panic here so that printk
- * suppression can occur as early as possible if necessary.
- */
- if (pmsg->dropped &&
- panic_in_progress() &&
- panic_console_dropped++ > 10) {
- suppress_panic_printk = 1;
- pr_warn_once("Too many dropped messages. Suppress messages on non-panic CPUs to prevent livelock.\n");
- }
-
/* Skip record that has level above the console loglevel. */
if (may_suppress && suppress_message_printing(r.info->level))
goto out;